Government Roads. Work in Hand
A start has been made upon improvements to the Minmi to Thornton road. A contract by Mr. C. Cohen at £165 8s 8d has been accepted for 500 yards each of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1902
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The Day of the Motor
Motor cycling is the new pastime of well-to-do English and Continental people. The credit of initiating it belongs to the French, as does that of motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal for Railways. Victorian Commission's Report
The report of the Railway Management Commission, which was appointed to inquire into the system of promotion in the Victorian Railway Department, and its…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Warner's Bay-road
Sir,—In would like to correct some statements which have appeared regarding the above road. It was said that the Warner's Bay people wanted the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Oil Fuel for Railway Engines
The latest railway company to experiment with oil fuel for the locomotives is the London, Brighton, and South Coast, who are now converting six of their engines with a view…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian Railways. Policy of Reduction. Melbourne
The Cabinet this evening considered the railway question. It was decided to issue tickets to members of the defence force on checks from the Defence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New South Wales Railways
In the course of a few days the question has to be decided as to the administration of the railway and tramways of New South Wales for the coming seven…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Administration
Sir,—I desire to draw attention to the local administration of our railways to the inconvenience to which the suburban travelling public have to submit. Through…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Merewether. Beach Tramway
A letter has boon received by the member for Kahlbah from the Under-Secrotary of the Works Department, stating that a survey would be made of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Holding Up a Train. a Plot That Failed
LONDON, Wednesday.—The correspondent of the "Standard" at Durban, telegraphs that four Americans and Australians attempted to hold up a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Administration
Sir,—As a resident of Hamilton, and also as a season-ticket holder, I can support the just complaint of "Suburbanite," contained in Wednesday's issue. I leave my…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victorian Railway Reform
The method which is proposed to be adopted by the Irvine Government in Victoria to effect the inevitable reduction of expense in the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Emmett Bonlore. Chapter Xl. the Crumbling River Road
Gilfrey's financial distress was the result of speculations in cotton "futures." He had been assisted from time to time by several business…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Municipal Conference. Watering Tramlines
A conference of the municipal councils of the Newcastle district was held in the Wickham Council Chambers last evening to discuss the question of district…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Africa. Train Wrecked
LONDON, Thursday.—An attempt has been made to wreck a train near Maritzburg, Natal. The train was conveying 800 troops. Chairs were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Derailed by a Storm
The following details are given by New York papers of the extraordinary railway fatality at Waseca, in the State of Minnesota, where, as reported by cable in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Finger Marks on the Road of Time
There are linger marks in the history of all nations, and some of them are lettered and some in the form of monuments. Australia has less than most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Harvesting by Motor
Harvesting in Lincolnshire has been conducted (says a London contemporary) with the aid of a motor specially invented for farm use. After cutting a crop the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Motor-car Corps
The motor-car—of which an excellent use was made by the Duke of Connaught in inspecting the military arrangements at the Coronation—is to be so far adopted…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Hamilton. Road Material
Several hundreds of tons of stone were recently placed on the open land went the Convent School, and has given employment to a number of stonebreakers…
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